A Crazy Thing Called Love

Hmm...so yeah love...its a great thing isn't it! So I bet you are all wondering who I am in love with! Hahahaha isn't that something that is just on everyone's minds! Well to tell ya, I'm not really in love with anyone hehe! The kind of love that I am talking about is the love that God gives! No, I'm not going to sit here and lecture about God and stuff, but I am here to share the love that is from God. Dude imagine this. You accidently forget that it is you friends birthday, and they get so mad! But then you bring them a card the next day saying sorry, but to win them back you put money in it! Now they love ya! Well guess what! With God, you don't have to include the money to win Him back. The thing is, you never really lose Him. You may stray away and wonder from Him, but He is still there waiting for you to come to Him. And guess what else! He is there not wanting anything but you because He loves you so much! Now, would you rather have that love, or the conditional love that your friends and others give you in this world? Ahh isn't that sooo cool! It has something I have known for a while, but never really thought about how cool and awesome it is that someone loves us that much! I think that that is really neat!

A Very Long Break

So...does anyone else think that this Thanksgiving break is dragging on for what seems like forever? I feel like I have been off of school for a really long time, but I have only been off for about 4 days! Today, I found something in myself that I didn't think that I had. My friend was talking to me about this guy (well for her, she is always talking to me about some guy). She kept telling me about how she always seems to push away members of the opposite sex. I told her that if this was meant to be, then it would work out. After that, I thought, how come all of these popular guys seem to be going for her when others don't seem to like her? I also wondered why I couldn't be like that. But then I realized, I could answer my own question. The answer is because I know who I am in Christ, and others are starting to see that. Basically, guys know that I am not going to give what they want, and they know that God dwells inside of me. Okay, maybe they don't go to the extreme of that, but they know that I won't lower my standards for them! I know that I am worth so much more than just giving myself to every guy around. I know that there is someone out there that God has planned for me. Last night, for the first time I stood up for myself and said no. It was the hardest thing to do because it was to someone I do love, but only as a friend of course. There is someone in my life, who helped me to do that. Well, along with God that is. Someone who tells me everyday that the reward for staying strong is pure is so much better than the reward after giving in. I am so greatful for those kind of people, but I am so thankful that I have a God that I can lean on when I am alone, and when I don't have those people around me to remind me of that! Ah...have an awesome 2 more days of break guys!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hey everyone! Just wanted to wish you all a happy Thanksgiving and hope that you have an awesome day! I know that we are going to have a blast today! It is my mom, dad, step-grandfather, and myself! Even though its only the four of us, its going to be a great day and I am excited that we can all be together! This morning I was going through some verses that I have highlighted in the past, and have wondered why I have highlighted some of them. Well I came upon one that I would love to share with you all! Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. (Phillipians 4:6) I thought that that was an awesome verse to share with everyone today! I think it is something that all need to remember. Sometimes we worry about others, or worry about things that are going to happen, but Paul tells us to not be anxious about it! Basically, don't fret it! Bring everything to God, He is in control! Have a happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Beautiful, Only In His Eyes

Somedays you feel like you're nothing, like you wont ever be anything. Sometimes it seems like all the people who do bad things and don't follow the rules get everything and get rewarded for things that they shouldn't. For example...say that you got a 98% in math, but this other kid who got a 99% only by cheating. Is it fair that that person gets rewarded for having the best grade in the class? It isn't, but lately I have learned that it doesn't matter what our rewards are here on earth. God is going to reward us so much more for living like Him and following Him. Another thing, those girls who are so pretty, and never seem to have any faults to their bodies. Sometimes I look at them and wonder what God was thinking! Why would he let these arrogant most stuck up girls have all this beauty. They don't have beauty. True beauty comes from within. I wish that I could say that everytime I see a girl like that at school, I think like that, but I don't. Im not saying that all girls who are pretty on the outside are not pretty on the inside. But there are those who are like that. They can be the meanest, most rudest people one has ever met. Here is a verse that has encouraged me so much this week! "But the Lord said to Samuel, 'Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.'" (1 Samuel 16:7) I hope that this has helped someone else as well!

God Has His Ways

Oh gosh, I don't even know where to begin! God really showed Himself this week and it was something that was beyond amazing! There were so many of us praying for the same thing, that God would just intervene in this person's life, and He did. And to my surprise, He did something fast! We all started praying Monday afternoon and by Tuesday night, I got word that this person suddenly had something happened that she couldn't do what she was going to do! How awesome is that! I don't believe that it was juts a random, sudden thing. I believe that it was God watching out for her and answering all of our prayers. There was at least 10 or more of us praying for this person! Our friendship is still a bit rocky, but I am sure that things will work out. I know that we cannot stop praying here. One, she isn't a christian, and right now she doesn't think that she needs God. Two, who says she may not do it another time? So I guess my point is that we need to keep praying that God intervenes until she doesn't want to do it anymore, and I hope at that point she realizes that she needs God more than ever! Thanks to everyone who was praying! That is so awesome that you all did that! I love all of you!

Completely Confused

Sigh, life can only get harder. I have completely given up on caring for others. I don't get why people don't see the positive sides of things. Even if I'm on your case for something, its better than me not being on your case! If I am getting to you about something, feel special! Its because I love you and care about you enough to waste my time telling you! Don't get all mad at me for it and start talking to people about me. Thats not going to get me down! The only thing thats going to get me down is if you end up getting hurt. I am just confused beyond confusion as to why people can be like this! And no, this isn't talking behind your back, because you can read this if you want and you know who you are! Excuse me for caring about your well being. If you love someone enough, you are going to care about them and want to do everything possible to keep them from getting hurt! I'm not mad, I'm just confused about why me caring about you is such a crime. It hurts to know that my caring is making you mad. If anything, it should make you happy that someone in the world cares about you! Maybe someone can please tell me what the heck I am doing wrong. I'm not going to hide my faith anymore just so people can like me, because right now, I probably am the most unliked person, and it doesn't bother me one bit!

Revolve Tour

Wow, this was an awesome weekend! I was so excited about this weekend! Then, I started to feel really weird about being there. I noticed that last night when we first got there, we all were sort of in the "world mode" still. Then as today progressed, the whole trip started to sink into our minds and we remembered why we were there. First, list of new inside jokes lol!

1.)Parakeet....sigh...only us!
2.)Have a hoagie...heres a hoagie...that would go great with a hoagie!
3.)wooowoooowoooowooowooowooowoo lol Sara
4.)Blue...Pink....Green....Purple...SHONTAY...!!! lol
5.)We HAVE to have a leader....NO we have to have on! No way! We have to!

They may be some great memories...but the greatest memories that I have from this trip was the ones with my girls! We all may not get to see one another throughout the week, but I know that whenever I am in trouble, I know that I can come to any of you and I fully trust you all! The best part was us just sitting on the bed talking. I got to know things about all of you...some of you made me cry (sara), and you all made me laugh. Through thick or thin we will always be friends and have these moments to cherish! God let us be together for a reason this weekend. Thank you so much guys for making this an awesome weekend! I love you, Sara, Shontay, Brandie, Kiersten, Kayla, and Amanda! Thank you Kris, Janet, and Amber for being awesome leaders and answering our questions last night! We felt so comfortable talking in front of you all and we felt like we could trust you with the answers! Thank you so much!